Jamie Elman and Eli Batalion were almost through the third season of their Yiddish-language YouTube comedy series, “YidLife Crisis,” when they decided to start over. While previous episodes had titles ...

YidLife Crisis, a new web series, begins with not-your-average MPAA warning: “The following contains references to adult situations and coarse language. In Yiddish.” Adult situations may include: ...

Two 30-something Jews sit in a restaurant, eating and bantering in sharp comedic bites. Their cadence is classically familiar, evoking influences from the Talmud to “Seinfeld” and the Borscht Belt; ...

A version of this post appeared in Yiddish here. “Yidlife Crisis” has been a long time coming. Back in the good old days — 60 or 70 years ago — there were Yiddish comedy serials on the radio, ...

Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through our links on this page. If there is an after-life, there’s little doubt where Eli Batalion and Jamie Elman will be spending it.

YouTube sensations Jamie Elman and Eli Batalion, a.k.a. YidLife Crisis, will perform their YidLive! show at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre’s Al Green Theatre as part of Oraynu Congregation’s ...

"YidLife Crisis" creators Eli Batalion and Jamie Elman hope to bring the Jewish humor that made their web series a hit to a wider audience. (JTA) — It’s safe to say that Eli Batalion and Jamie Elman ...

After touring across North America and screening at major Jewish film festivals, the highly anticipated documentary and live performance YidLife Crisis: SWEDISHKAYT Live! returns home for a special ...

Last year Eli Batalion and Jamie Elman tempted fate and a quick trip to hell when they decided to forgo fasting on Yom Kippur, the holiest of holy days on the Jewish calendar, and instead nosh on ...

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This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. The 1980s marked the peak of a bizarre and often disturbing television trend: the “very special episode.” Such episodes featured tragic events ...